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How To Play a Mage In WoW

Your Step-By-Step Guide To Playing Mages In World Of Warcraft



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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Chapter 1: Basic Terminology

World Of Warcraft Terms

Chapter 2: How To Gear Up Your Mage

Applicable Types Of Gear For Each Class

Chapter 3: Mage Talent Overview

Frost Talent Tree

Mastery Talent

Shatter

Piercing Ice

Early Frost

Ice Floes

Improved Cone Of Cold

Piercing Chill

Permafrost

Ice Shards

Icy Veins

Fingers Of Frost

Improved Freeze

Enduring Winter

Cold Snap

Brain Freeze

Shattered Barrier

Ice Barrier

Reactive Barrier

Frostfire Orb

Deep Freeze

Fire Talent Tree

Mastery Talent

Master Of Elements

Burning Soul

Improved Fire Blast

Ignite

Fire Power

Blazing Speed

Impact

Cauterize

Blast Wave

Hot Streak

Improved Scorch

Molten Shields

Combustion

Improved Hot Streak

Firestarter

Improved Flamestrike

Dragon’s Breath

Molten Fury

Pyromaniac

Critical Mass

Living Bomb

Arcane Talent Tree

Mastery Talent

Arcane Concentration

Improved Counterspell

Netherwind Presence

Torment The Weak

Invocation

Improved Arcane Missiles

Improved Blink

Presence Of Mind

Arcane Flows

Missile Barrage

Prismatic Cloak

Improved Polymorph

Arcane Tactics

Incanter’s Absorption

Improved Arcane Explosion

Arcane Potency

Slow

Nether Vortex

Focus Magic

Improved Mana Gem

Arcane Power

Final Thoughts On Talent Trees

Chapter 4: How To Kite

Frost Mage Kiting Basic Concepts

Frost Mage Primary Objective

Frost Mage Secondary Objective:

Kiting

Strategies Overview

General Flow And Scenarios

General Flow Of Events Terminology

Frostbolt Kite

Cone Of Cold Kiting Discussion

Cone Of Cold Kite Variation 1

Cone Of Cold Kite : Variation 2 (Cone of Cold kiteV2)

Cone of Cold Kite : Variation 3

Shatter Spec Zerg

Soloing Elite Casters

Chapter5: Complex Strategies

Objective

New General Flow Of Events

AE Strategy

Single Target Strategy

Polymorph and No Polymorph Versions

Soloing Elite Mobs Example Outline

Kiting Strategy Abbreviations

Soloing Mobs Of 2 (With Polymorph)

Soloing Mobs of 2 (No Polymorph)

Soloing Mobs Of 3 (With Polymorph)

Soloing Mobs Of 3 (No Polymorph)

Soloing Mobs of 4 (With Polymorph)

Soloing Mobs of 2 (With Polymorph) : Special Case

Chapter 6: How To Handle The Unexpected

Simple Frost Nova Method

Using Cone Of Cold Casts Method

Blink-Over Method

Polymorph Method

Cascading Freezes Method

Conclusion

Chapter 7: Best Practices

Master Cone Of Cold

Safety Zone

How Cone Of Cold Hits Targets

Slow Fast Moving Mobs With Cone Of Cold

Keep Backing Up

Know When To Run And When To Die

Know The Tactical Benefits Of Engineering

Be Aware Of The Blink Bug

Distance Yourself From Mobs By Running Or Strafing

Know How To Boomerang Kite And Manage Cool Downs

Technique

When You Have A Ton Of Kiting Space

When You Have Limited Kiting Space

Final Points

Understand The Global Cool Down

Develop Situational Awareness

Understand Mob Threat And How It Effects AE Kiting

Mob Composition And Kite Ability

Have Complete Control Of Your Movement

Do Not Prematurely Attack Frozen Targets In A Managed Group

Chapter 8: Effective DPS Strategies

Frost Rotations


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